FUTHARK-PYTHON(1)

💖 FUTHARK-PYTHON 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the futhark-python era — this is the lil tool that lives in the Futhark manual set and its whole thing is compiling Futhark to sequential Python. lowkey iconic, highkey slow. let's get into it 🌸

---

✨ NAME ✨

futhark-python — compile Futhark to sequential Python 🐍

---

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

futhark python [options...] infile

that's it. that's the whole vibe check 🫶

---

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so like, futhark python takes a Futhark program and translates it into sequential Python code. and heads up — that generated Python? it depends on Numpy. no Numpy, no party 💅

the resulting program reads the arguments to the main function from standard input, does its thing, and prints the return value on standard output. the arguments get read and printed in Futhark syntax, so it stays on brand ✨

😭 okay so the tea: the generated code is very slow — like, likely too slow to be useful. that's not a rumour, that's literally what the manpage says. not me warning you fr fr.

if you want the glow-up version, go hang out with this command's big brother, futhark-pyopencl — that's the main character 💅

---

✨ OPTIONS ✨

it accepts the same options as futhark-c. that's it, that's the list. go check that page for the full flag buffet 🍓

---

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• futhark-pyopencl — the more useful sibling 👑
• futhark-c — where all the actual options live 🎀

---

Copyright 2013-2020, DIKU, University of Copenhagen 🎓💜

and that's a wrap bestie — this was futhark-python, <star>version 0.25.32</star>, dated Mar 11, 2026, from your friends over in the Futhark manual. slay, stay compiled, and remember: use futhark-pyopencl if you actually want speed 💖✨🦋